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Zeeman, Gerda G., Fleckenstein, James L., Twickler, Diane M., Cunningham, F. Gary |
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American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Mar2004, Vol. 190 Issue 3, p714-720, 7p, 4 Diagrams, 1 Chart |
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This study was undertaken to characterize the neuroimaging findings of cerebral edema associated with eclamptic seizures by use of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). All but 2 of these 27 women (93%) had reversible vasogenic edema. Six were also found to have areas of cytotoxic edema consistent with cerebral infarction. Five of these 6 women had persistent imaging findings of infarction when studied post partum, however, without clinical neurologic deficits. The spectrum of cerebral lesions in eclampsia as seen with MRI varies from initially reversible areas of vasogcnic edema that may progress to cytotoxic edema and infarction in up 10 a fourth of women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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